AIDS: we are all at risk

Item Overview

Title

AIDS: we are all at risk

Alternative title

AIDS is the most serious health threat our country faces. Every month 100 Papua New Guineans will catch the AIDS virus. Our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, wantoks are all at risk.
Protect yourself from AIDS

Place of Origin

Papua New Guinea

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Top half of the poster is textual, with subheadings "How do you catch the AIDS virus?" "Why do we need to protect ourselves?" and "Let's talk about AIDS." Lower half of the poster depicts Dr. Clement Malau of the PNG National AIDS Council sitting at a desk. On the desk is a laptop computer with a map of Papua New Guinea on its screen, a microscope, and specimen tubes. The poster suggests the importance of open communication and scientific understanding of the causes and prevention of AIDS.
Date on back of poster, 2002, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item PP001.

Physical Description

Dimensions

43 x 30 cm. (17 x 12 in.)

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Papua New Guinea

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Scientists--Papua New Guinea
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Microscopes
Test tubes
AIDS (Disease)--Papua New Guinea
Laptop computers